Random Movie Trivia - Raiders of the Lost Ark Part 1

Here is the next edition in our weekly Random Movie Trivia post.  Enjoy:

Raiders of the Lost Ark

• The famous scene in which Indy shoots a marauding and flamboyant swordsman was not in the original script. Harrison Ford was supposed to use his whip to get the swords out of his attacker's hands, but the food poisoning he and the rest of the crew had gotten made him too sick to perform the stunt. After several unsuccessful tries, Ford suggested "shooting the sucker." Steven Spielberg immediately took up the idea and the scene was successfully filmed.
• Jeff Bridges turned down the role of Indiana Jones.  Actors considered for the role of Indiana Jones included Nick Nolte, Steve Martin (who chose to do Pennies from Heaven (1981) instead), Bill Murray (who dropped out due to scheduling conflicts with Saturday Night Live (1975)), Chevy Chase, Tim Matheson, Nick Mancuso, Peter Coyote, Sam Neill, and Jack Nicholson. Harrison Ford was cast less than three weeks before principal photography began.
• During the scene where Indiana threatens Nazis with bazooka, you can clearly see a fly creeping into the mouth of Paul Freeman. Contrary to popular belief, he does not swallow it.
• During filming in Tunisia, nearly everyone in the cast and crew got sick, except director Steven Spielberg. It is thought that he avoided illness by eating only the food he'd brought with him: cans and cans of Spaghetti-O's.
• The original name of the lead character in the script was Indiana Smith. His name was changed to Jones on the first day of production.
• The film was originally given an R-rating because of the exploding head at the end. They didn't want the picture to be rated R, so they added layers of fire in front of his face to make it appear less graphic.
• Renowned British wrestler Pat Roach gets killed twice in this film - once as a giant Sherpa left in the burning Nepalese bar and once as the German mechanic chewed up by the plane's propeller.
• The out-of-control airplane actually ran over Harrison Ford's knee, tearing his ligaments. Rather than submit to Tunisian health care, Ford had his knee wrapped in ice and carried on.
• Alfred Molina's screen debut. His first scene on his first day of filming involved being covered with tarantulas.
• In a deleted scene, where the character of Sallah is confronted by a Nazi soldier, John Rhys-Davies who was suffering from cholera at the time was required to bend down. Unfortunately this prompted the very sick Rhys-Davies to soil himself.
• There was a lot of good stuff for this movie, so it will be continued.....

"I really want to know if he would have lost the mustache for the part."

Stupid State Laws - California 2

Here comes another post about a state law that still exists on the books and why it is ridiculous (to see them all, click here):

California

"No vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 miles."

I guess the big question is - how exactly does a vehicle exceed 60 miles per hour without a driver?  The answer, I honestly don't know.  If I had to take a stab at how this law came into existence, some lame lawmaker was at Disneyland and got too scared on how fast his ride was on Space Mountain and came up with a brilliant idea on how to slow it down so that he could ride it and no longer be such a wuss.  Seriously, how often do you see a 'vehicle' go 60 miles per hour without a driver?  Never.  This law really is stupid.  What the fuck, California?  Where did you come up with this one because I really am stumped other than my Space Mountain scenario.

"Well rookie, it looks good to me, this vehicle went 88 miles per hour, but it did have a driver."
"But Sarge, the driver was a dog, that can't be legal."
"Damn it rookie, don't you know anything!  The law says 'driver' and that dog is clearly driving, there is nothing wrong with that."

Saturday's Video of Saturday

Here is our weekly funny video post.  Let's see what we got for you guys:

Set up:  Two more Randy Moller funny goal videos!

Summary:  Awesome!

Happy 4th of July

Whoops, how did that get on there?  Let's try that again:

Happy 4th of July!  America!

Top/Bottom 5 Movie Roles - Bill Murray

Here is where I pick a random actor or actress's Top 5 and Bottom 5 Movie Roles (I assume the post title gave that away).  This won't necessarily be the chosen actor or actress's best roles, but a combination of their best and my favorite.  In other words, if there is a tie, I'll go with my favorite.  Also, I won't actually be ranking them, they will be in a random order.  Lastly, this isn't these actor's or actress's best movies, but their best characters.  Let's get started:

Bill Murray

Top 10

Phil Conners, Groundhog Day - One of the greatest comedies ever made and Bill was beyond awesome in this role.  Do I really need to say more?
Dr. Peter Vankman, Ghostbusters - You knew this character was going to be special from the first time we met him when he was electrocuting a young guy while hitting on a young woman.  From there it only got better.
Carl Spackler, Caddyshack - I don't know a single golfer who hasn't quoted Carl Spackler at least once while out on the links.
Ernie McCracken, Kingpin - One of many of Bill's highly underrated performances.  A fun bit of trivia, Bill actually got a strike on the last ball he rolled in the final match and the crowd's reaction was quite genuine.
Bob Wiley, What About Bob? - A very obscure movie, but a highly entertaining one.  Bill played Bob, a crazy person who crashed his therapist's vacation and through his wackiness got into all sorts of fun trouble.  If you haven't seen this movie I suggest you check it out.
Frank Cross, Scrooged - I don't understand how this movie isn't brought up more in the discussion of Best Christmas Movies Ever.  Seriously, it was incredible.
Himself, Zombieland - I'm terrified of zombies (mostly because of all the fictional monsters, I feel that they are the most likely to actually happen), but Bill's small part in this movie as he turns into the undead was perfect.
Bob Harris, Lost in Translation - Somehow, Bill has only been nominated for an Oscar once in his career and it was for this role.  While I thought this movie was a little boring, Bill did an amazing job.
Herman Blume, Rushmore - This was one of many roles Bill took in a Wes Anderson movie and it was my favorite of his roles, so I had to put it on this list.
Wallace Ritchie, The Man Who Knew Too Little - This movie is highly underrated.  It is funny from beginning to end as Bill plays an American schlub who accidentally becomes a secret agent and bumbles his way into saving the day.  Watch this movie now.  Do it.

Bottom 5

None.  Bill Murray is so awesome that I refuse to make fun of any of his roles.

Funniest James Bond Movie Women's Characters' Names

That title is kind of oddly worded, isn't it?  I really couldn't think of a better way to phrase it.  Oh well.  In any case, I stumbled upon a really great podcast recently called James Bonding.  On it, two comedians, Matt Mira and Matt Gourley, bring on guests each episode and discuss one of the numerous James Bond movies.  It's really funny and it made me go back and watch some of the earlier James Bond movies myself.  While watching said movies, it really made me laugh whenever they introduced some of the women in the movies because they really did have the dumbest names ever.  Pretty much all of them could be a character in a James Bond movie or a pornstar's name.  So, I decided to take it upon myself to look through all of these movies and make a list of the Top 10 funniest ones.  Let's see what I came up with:

• 10) Jenny Flex (A View to a Kill) - Let's start out with an easy one.  Flex?  Really, what does that imply, Mr. Bond?  Boning.
• 9) Strawberry Fields (Quantum of Solace) - She was the agent who met Bond in Bolivia and who ended up boning him within an hour of meeting Jimbo.  While they never said her first name in the movie, she is credited as Strawberry Fields on IMDB.  Get it, Strawberry Fields?  If not, it's a Beatles song.
• 8) Honey Ryder (Dr. No) - The very first Bond girl and after doing a quick Google search, I was surprised that there isn't a pornstar with the same name.  I guess it's copyrighted.
• 7) Jinx Johnson (Die Another Day) - Hally Berry played this Bond girl that sounds more like a comic book character that Stan Lee came up with than a Bond Girl.  The good news is that she looked great in that bikini of hers.  The bad news is that this was the worst Bond movie ever.  Seriously, I don't think Pierce Bronson had a real line of dialogue other than witty one-liners.  It was sad.
• 6) Penelope Smallbone (Octopussy) - Does this mean that I think it means?  I guess Bond's manliness is actually making up for something.
• 5) Plenty O'Toole (Diamonds Are Forever) - I watched this movie recently and Plenty O'Toole might be the most annoying Bond girl to date.  And that includes Denise Richards playing a nuclear physicist.
• 4) Octopussy (Octopussy) - While funny, I'm still not sure that it should top the next three on this list.
• 3) Xenia Onatopp (Goldeneye) - Oh Famke Janssen, you were so hot in your prime.  Sadly, she has to cake on the makeup nowadays, but back then, yum.  Also, did anyone ever play as her in the Goldeneye game?  I know I didn't.  I always played as Boris, I loved his Hawaiian shirt.
• 2) Pussy Galore (Goldfinger) - Oh come on, this one isn't even trying.  That is clearly a pornstar name, but no, James Bond character.  No way a movie could get away with that name today.
• 1) Dr. Holly Goodhead (Moonraker) - And here is the name that made me write this post.  Goodhead?  Really?  You know this name was written into the script just because of the endless one-liners you could make from it.  Wow.  Just wow.
• Bonus) Mrs. Moneypenny (All of Them) - She may not sound like a pornstar, but it is still a ridiculous name.  Also, Bond flirts heavily with her in every movie, but the actresses who played the character were never all that hot.  Does this imply that Bond has poor taste?  No, because he boned a lot of hot ladies.  I guess this just means that Bond was a sex addict, which isn't all that surprising when you think about it.

Brainfart's Crush of the Month - July

At the beginning of every month, we here at Brainfart will be bringing you our Brainfart Crush of the Month!  Sometimes it will be someone you have heard of, sometimes it will be just a random hottie you may have seen before, and sometimes it might be my neighbor.  Who knows!  Let's see who we picked this month:

This is Gal Gadot.  You may know her from her role as Gisele in the Fast and Furious franchise.  After watching (and oddly enjoying) Fast and Furious 6, I became infatuated with her.  Just look at her up there, she is drop dead gorgeous.  Up next, she has been cast as Wonder Woman for the Batman v. Superman movie as well as her own stand-alone movie and the Justice League movie.  For once, I actually agree with one of Christopher Nolan's female casting choices.  Congrats Gal on this huge honor.